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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
A WONDERFUL RIVER,
In Which the Remains of Men
and Animals Become Like
Marble.
Cremation or Burial No
Longer the Necessary Ad-
junets of Death.
Defiant Indians Display Their
Insolence at the Agency
Near Custer.
A Blunder Made by Wisconsin
Republicans---General
Northwest News.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
PINE CITY, Oct. 29.-There are two
gentlemen temporarily stopping here
who have been spending the summer in
the Northwest territory. They report
a river of small volume, q tributary of
the Saskatchewan, whose waters are so
thoroughly impregnated with carbonate
of lime that any substance immersed
therein Immediately turns to stone.
They have many specimens of petritied
wood. leaves, etc, showing the exact
texture of the original article. a sir
loin of beef immersed in the water for a
few months comes out rugged and solid
and suitable to take rank with the best
quality of building stone. Ami
mails accidentally killed are found
in its waters hardened and preserved.
The body of an officer in the regular
army, killed in an Indian skirmish and
left beneath the immOrtaliZing waters of
this placid stream, was found months
after, petrifed with such completeness
that it reSembled the finest grade of
Parian marble, and the features retained
such distinctness that he was readily
1CCOSlllLCo ny CNCI
ances. These discoveries have led to
the idea of forming syndicate to utilize
this stream and do away with the repul-
Sive idea of cremation and also the at
tendant horrors of the tomb. The COM
pany can be called the Great Northwest
ern PetrifactiOn association Qimited),
and its business might consist in pro-
viding cheap rate of transportation, or
perhaps running regular cadaver train
transcontinentally, damming the waters
of the river and anchOring the
INANIMATE FREIGHT
until saturation does its complete work.
and returning them to their surviving
friends, with texture and symmetry far
surprising any known work of art.
This would do away with all the ''base
uses," and prepare future imperial
Caesars to beautify and adorn their an
cestral homes, instead of becoming a
mere luI p of plastic material. which
would only serve to ''stop a hole to keep
the wind away Our friends can come
back from the hands of this syndicate
with durability that will rival any Of
the Sedimentary rocks, and be cOnSpic-
uously set up to watch with their agate
eyes the manner in which their heirs
and assigns manage the paternai estates.
We who live to be great-grand-
fathers may do service at
the front gates of our worthy
descendants as hitching posts, and the
line fences of future generations may
be composed of the serried columns of
their adamantine ancestors. The art
possessed by the ancient Egyptians
pales into miserable insignifcance
when compared with this new process.
Shriveled cadaverousness will be re-
placed with rotund plumpness. and the
shrunken, distorted features by the
pleasant smile with which the righteous
is said to greet the death angel.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
AFGHAN AND MOOR.
Matters Which Disturb Europe's
Equilibrium in Asia and Africa,

Equilibrium in Asia and Africa.
BY Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-At both the foreign
and India offices it itappears to be thought
that anything is likely to happen in re-
gard to Ayoub Khan. Where he is, no
one knows, nor is there any accurate
measure of the success he has OBJ
tanned. England has her agreement as
to her control of its foreign policy, but
whether in three months from now the
ameer will rule i'll Cabul, Herat or Can
dahar, no one appears to be confident.
The Indian government seems extremely
unwilling to interfere in the internal af-
fairs of Afghanistan, and even at the
request OF the ameer would hardly enl-
bark in task which might lead to the
terrible difficulty involved i'll. the
occupation of great part OF that
wild and inhOspitable country.
Either the death or defeat of the
ameer is possibility fraught with spe-
cial difficulty. 1t is thought that Ay0ub
may make his way to Hevat, which
place Sir West Ridgeway has described
as mass of mud novels, covering a
wretched population of about 5000. in
country by no means flowing with milk
and honey. 1t is also possible that the
ameer may be forced to take refuge
under the shadow Of British protection
in Candahar, where he is by no means
popular.
THE DEATH OF MULEY HASSAN.
the sultan of Morocco. which is again
reported to have occurred, is an event
involving serious consequences. The
uncertainty in which the story of his
illness is involved, is itself significant of
the general indefiniteneSs of the pres
ent position of the country. That he
has been seriously i'll there seems no
reason to doubt, his absence from the
mosque for more than week past being
generally regarded by no other hypothe-
sis. The report Of the sultan's death
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Secretary Whitney Ill.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Secretary
Whitney is now in New York. and will
not return to Washington Tor an in
definite period. Although not suffer-
ing from any disease, he is forbidden by
his physician from undertaking any
work. For the past year the secretary
has had troublesome headaches. which
have grown more and more severe and
frequent, until now he is unable to work.
For the past week he has not been able
even to read his letters, and although lie
has accumulated some of the materials
he has written no word of his annual
report, and there is no prospect that he
will be able to prepare one. The physi-
clan states that with the necessary rest
the secretary will be perfectly well
again. and it is probable that he will go
to some quiet country pia ce to recuper-
ate. During his absence Commodore
Harmony will act as secretary,his duties
and responsibilities being shared. how
ever, 10y the board of bureau officers re-
Gently organized 10 meet this emergency.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
RESTORED LANDS.
How Those in the st. Cloud Dis
trict May Be Secured.

Special to the Globe.
ST. CLOUD, Oct. 29.-The receiver and
register of the ST. Cloud land office this
morning issued circular of infOrma-
ton pertaining to the restored indem-
nifty lands of the Northern Pacific rail-
road company. The secretary of the in
terror, as will be seen. has already held
that the company has a right to the land
within the fOrty-mile indemnity limits.
The main points of the circular are as
| follows:
The secretary's order affects all lands in
odd sections within the twenty-mile indem-
| nifty limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad
| company not covered by existing entries.
None OF the selections in these odd sections
have been approved to the railroad company.
| Applications to file or to make homestead
| entry upon such lands will be received on
| and after Nov. z, 1887, and will be noted ana
| held, subject 10 the claim of the company, of
! which claim the applicant will be distinctly
| informed and memoranda thereof entered
| on his papers. The company will then be
| notified and allowed thirty days within which
| to present their objections. Should the COM
| pany fail to appear the filing or entry will be
| admitted; if objection is made by the COM
pany, hearing will be ordered by the regis
| ter and receiver, to determine the right of the
| company to make selection of the same. This
| will be decided by this Office, subject to the
right of appeal in either party. settlement
may date from August 10, 1887. BY letter.
| of the honorable commissioner of the general
land otfice.of date Oct. 5, 1887, we are ad-
| vised that The secretary of the iinterior hay
| ing decided that the law does not authorize a
second indemnity belt, the company had no
| right to apply for the lands beyond the thirty
mile limits-in the sO-called forty-mile or
second indemnify belt" Applications may
be made at this office in person, or through
clerks of court, in the usual manner. In
order to save them expense, the register and
receiver would suggest to applicants that it
| will not be necessary for them to employ at
that the company objects to the allowance of
| their applications. They will then be given
thirty days notice of such action. and of
| hearings ordered, which time will enable
them to perfect their arrangements for coun-
| sell Upon making application all that will
be required of them is to present written ap-
| plications and affidavits, which they can
| have prepared at very small expense.
p. B. GOaNAN. Register.
raot c. /. MACDONALD, Receiver.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30

England may be annoyed. the real
greaterhumiliatiOn will be inflicted upon
the American nation, seen by the world
dominated by faction in such a temper
for designs so sinister.
MUCH STALE RUBBISH
anent dynamiterS has been published
to persuade the public that a plot
to murder Mr.. Balfour has been frus-
trated. The police affect to believe that
the Clan Ma Gael society had arranged
to make the attempt on Mr.. BalfOur's
Birmingham. but the current stories are
utterly unsubstantial. and each success
sive statement when tested vanishes
into air. The sole fact upon which the
police rest their fancy superstructure is
that the dead man Cohen was suspected
of being dynamiter, but meager as
this evidence is, and abject as is police
trickery at the best, they serve the pur-
pose of dynamite scare, never difficult
to raise. The meeting at which Mr..
BalfOur is to speak in Birmingham will
be closed one, admission being only
obtainable by ticket, and a bodyguard
to the town hall and protect him against
imaginary dangers during his stay in
the city.
THE OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT
of the socialists and sO-called unem-
ployed workingmen is rapidly dulling
the edge of public sympathy. Canon
PrOthero, of Westminster Abbey, writes
that during the visit of the alleged idle
workingmen to the abbey last Sunday
they covered the floor with expectora-
tions, smoked continuously, and desc
Grated the walls which all English
speaking races respect. Not satisfied
with this, they Knocked the sermon, kept
up running fire of ribald comments
thereon, and INDUCED in a continuous
flow of obscene language. The e-Only one
of the alleged unemployed laboring
men thus far prosecuted proved to be a
socialist in steady employment at high
wages, who readily paid the fine of e5
imposed upon him.
Miss Mary Anderson has broken off
her negotiations for tour of Australia,
the terms offered being insufficient to
induce her to undertake the journey.
Miss Belle Cole, who has enjoyed an
enthusiastic reception at the Crystal
palace and elsewhere, has arranged for
a concert tour of the provinces.
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KING MALIETOA.
He Protests Against His Treat
ment BY the Germans.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 90. = The
steamer Zelandia, from Australia,
brings full details of the surrender of
Malietoa, the native king of the Samoan
islands, to the German officials. There
is also to hand by this steamer a letter
written on the islands day or two be-
fore his surrender. Following is the
full text OF the letter:
], Malietoa, king of Samoa. write this let
ter to you as am now in distress. When the
chief Tamasese and others first COM
menced the present troubles, it was my wish
to punish them and put an end 10 the rebel
lion that they had raised. Acting, however
on the advice and under the assurances of
the British and American consuls refrained
from doing so. ! was repeatedly told by the
representatives of the British and American
governments that they would afford me and
my government assistance and protection
if l abstained from doing, anything
that might cause war among the
Samoan people. Relying upon these prom
ises did not put down the rebellion. Now
] find that war has been made upon me by
the emperor OF Germany and Tamasese has
been proclaimed king of Samoa. The Ger
man forces and adherents of Tamasese
threaten to make war on all Samoan people
who do not acknowledge Tamasese as king.
! am innocent of any wrongful act, and L
hereby protest against the action of Ger
many. But as the German nation is strong
and am weak, yield to their power to pre-
vent my people being slaughtered. / shall
deliver myself to the German forces to-mor-
row to prevent bloOdShed, and out of love to
my people. l desire to remind you of the
promises repeatedly made by your govern
ment. and trust that you will so far redeem
them as to cause the lives and liberty of my
chiefs and people to be respected. wish to
inform you that fear that the Germans will
compel me, as they are now forcing my peo-
ple TO sign papers acknowledging Tamasese
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30

trade in Chicago. Outside of this eX-
change business the opposition company
will charge five cents less than the
Western Union to important points.
The Western Union rate to Chicago will
be 10 cents and the other 35 cents. This
Is reduction of 10 cents for the West
ern- Union. 1t does not go as low as its
competitor, because it does not feel that
it can do business profitably at the lower
rate. There will be no advance in rates,
except possibly to some distant points,
and ON the other hand there will be
some very material reductions. Mr..
Gould did not think the agita-
ton for government control of
the telegraphS was serious one.
He thought the more the matter was
looked into the less the government
would desire such change. The SyS-
TEN of mutual arrangements between
the telegraph company and the railroads
for maintenance of wires and offices,
which were very economical on both
sides, could not continue if the govern
ment owned the telegraphs, and cOnse-
quently the telegraph business would
be operated at an enormous yearly de-
felt. The government telegraph SyS-
TEN of England was run at loss.
Mr.. Gould did not think the alarm
about excessive railroad building and
Over-speculatiOn in Western real estate
well founded. The country would soon
catch up with any temporary excess of
railroad building and the land specula-
tiOn had been carried Oh mostly on local
credit. Any collapse would be of linn
tied effect. Mr.. Gould regarded the
business prospects of the country as
wholly satisfactory.
THE PRESIDENT THREATENED.
The nature of the anarchist commu-
nicationS received by Mr.. Gould may
be judged by the following letter re-
ceived at the White house yesterday, lad
dressed to President Cleveland:
THE HAGUE, Holland, Oct. 15.-To the
President of the United States: The council
general of the Social Democratic federation
III Holland, feeling indignant at the infa-
nous judgment of the Illinois supreme court
in the case of the Chicago anarchists. holds
that the throwing of bomb in the meeting
held May 4, 1886, was provoked by
an outrageous assault of the police
upon the peoples right of free speech.
Furthermore, as the thrower of the bomb is
not known, the charging of the seven anar-
chists with the guilt of this act is essentially
arbitrary and the outgrowth of class hatred.
Therefore, the Social Democratic Federation
of Holland, in the name of humanity, liberty
and justice, protest against the sentence of
ann. despiSing the ruling classes for making
themselves party to this murder, shall hold
the president of the United States personally
responsible if their lives are taken.
THE COUNCIL GENERAL.
C. CcOIJ Secretary
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
SIR CHARLES dixie.
His Probable Return to Publ

Ills TfoUdUIe return UO HuDi1c
Life as Member for Chelsea.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-A story is current
here to the effect that arrangements
have been quietly making for some
time past for the return to the house of
commons from the Chelsea division of
Sir Charles Dixie at the next general
election that shall take place, and the
rumOr finds many believers. However
little or much truth there may be i'll
the statement, which alleges that
agents acting in behalf of Mr.. Dixie
have very quietly, yet very thoroughly,
sounded the barOnet'S old constituents
on the subject, and found them almost
unanimously in favor of his return. it
cannot be denied that everything points
in the direction of an effort on the part
of somebody to influence public opinion
in favor of Mr.. Dixie, and there are indi-
cations that the efforts have to certain
degree been successful. The return of
MI. Dixie to parliament would be tre-
mendous advantage to Mr.. Gladstone and
the country as well. OF all the Liberal
leader lieutenants. when they included
besides Mr.. Dixie, Lord Harrington,
Mr.. Chamberlain, Mr.. GoSchen and
other prominent politicians and states
men who went over to the enemy be-
cause they couldn't lead instead of be-
ing led. Mr.. Dixie was unQueStionably
the ablest. Both the Tories and the
Unionists will, of course. do everything
in their power to keep Mr.. Dixie out of
parliament, but as it is quite apparent
that at the next election the majority of
them will find themselves with enough
to do to keep themselves in, there is not
much doubt that he can be elected if he
will rive his camDaipu OerSOnal atten-
ton. Sir Charles Dilke's first series of
articles in the Fortnightly Review on
the British army. reviews the alarmist
views that Great Britain is unprepared
to cope with a European power. Sir
Charles argues that the expenditure of
93, ,000, 900 for new rifles and !e2.5oO, 900
in fortifying military and commercial
stations is an absolute necessity, with
out counting the advisability of improv-
ing the organization and equipment
he further believes than expenditure of
from e3,000,0 900 to 95,000,000 in fOrtify-
ing positions around London would dis
tinctly pay.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30

Chippewa Falls, who was chairman of
the committee, was SO busy nursing his
gubernatorial boom that the usual
political sharpness he is noted for failed
him. Secretary of State Timmes says
that as the wards of WatertOwn are not
contiguous to the rest of the district
they will come under the head of ''Omit-
ted territory" and under the constitu-
trict having the least population. thereby
obviating an extra session. This it is
the intention to do, but just the same
it is very likely complications will arise
which may be ANYTHING but pleasant.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
Chamberlain's Farewell.

LONDON, Oct. 29.-Mr. Chamberlain
started from Birmingham to-day on his
way to America, to take part in tile fish
cries negotiations. Before leaving the
city he addressed the crowd which had
gathered to see him off. He said he
hoped the relations between England
and America would continue to be cor
dial. He also said that these might be
the last words he would ever address to
his hearers, and advised them to stick
firmly to the Union and maintain the
inheritance beQueathed them by their
forefathers. The greatest enemies of
the commonwealth, he declared, were
those who would do anything to weaken
or impair the integrity of the empire.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30

causes much anxiety respecting the
European residents in the country.
The fanaticiSm which has, during the
last few years, given so much trouble in
the Egyptian Soudan, in Southern AL
geria and beyond the Atlas, allied as it
is throughout Africa with the maraud
ing instincts of the wilder tribes, might
easily break out in Morocco, where
Europeans have given only too much
cause for hatred. The action of the
British government in sending war YES
sells to the coast for the protection of its
subjects, and inviting the other powers
to do likewise, can, therefore. only be
commended. 1t is a precautiOn which
it would be folly to neglect. Viewed
from the same standpoint, even the
more exaggerated preparations which
are apparently being made in the south
ern provinces of Spain, where an army
has been collected. are not altogether to
be regretted. Apart from the mere pro-
lection of the lives and property of
Europeans in Morocco, the one thing
archy there. The collapse of
the existing form of government
and a general uprising would
invite the interference of one or another
of the European powers whose interests
are so delicately balanced in the Medi-
terranean. and this is result which it is
highly desirable to avert There have
been many indications during the past
few years that the affairs of Morocco
were approaching crisis. The restless
ness of the tribes ON the verge of the
empire and only nominally under the
rule of the sultan, has not been the only
cause of alarm. The rottenness of the
government: the exactions and cruelties
practiced by the provincial rulers: the
encouragement to production cOnse-
and the absence of roads, OF even such
means of transport as wheeled We
hicles of any kind, and the nefarious
usury business so largely practiced by
Christians and Jews, have all combined
to bring the people to state of misery
which, unalleviated, can only end in
revolution.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
A Republican BIunder.

Special to the Globe.
MA OLSON, Wis, Oct 29.-The last
Wisconsin legislature will hereafter be
noted not only for its railroad pass hog
gishness, but for having made an awk-
ward and ineXcusable blunder, and one
which may render an extra session ne
ceSsary, though state officials declare
they can smooth matters over and save
their party from the Cdium attached to
the expense of all extra session brought
about by the remarkable stupidity that
characterized the legislature through
out. In redistricting the state into as
sembly districts the legislature enacted
that the towns of Ashippen, Lebanon,
Hustisford. Rubicon, Herman, Hubbard,
Oakgroye, WilliamstOwn and Theresa,
together with the Fifth and Sixth wards
of the city of Watertown, should coll
stitute the Third assembly district of
Dodge county. The constitution pro-
vides, however, that all territory in a
district must be contiguous. and this is
what has caused the trouble, as the wards
of WatertOwn. do not touch the rest of
the district. All the towns in this dis
trict are overwhelmingly Democratic
and the little scheme of the Republican
committee that did the rcd!stricting was
to crowd them into one district instead
of putting them in different districts,
which might make it more unpleasant
for Republicans some time. In their
blind greed the Republicans overlooked
the constitutional point involved. or else
were too much occupied contrivlng
means for getting passes for their
friends, OF perhaps Senator Ginty, of
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
Villas Endorsed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. ga petition
containing 1000 names of leading bank
ers and merchants of New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore. Chicago, st. Louis,
st. Paul and other cities was this morn
ing presented to Postmaster General
Villas. The petitioners heartily ap-
prove of the system inaugurated by him
in diSpatching foreign mails by the
fastest steamers, and request him TO use
his influence with other countries in the
postal union with a view to the adoption
of the same system.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
Overflow Awards.

Special to The Globe.
OSHKOSH. Wis, Oct 29.-The over
flow commissioners to-day filed their
verdict in fifty-one cases which have
been pending against the government.
The land upon which damages were
claimed is located on Wolf river, Pey-
gan and Winchester. The commission
ers did not make single cash award,
their reason being that no water had
been set back on the lands alleged to
Menasha dams. The claims of the pc
titioners ranged all the way from $500
to 81 0O0
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
HONORABLE CONDUCT
Shown by the Chinese Au-
thorities Regarding an
Indemnity Fund.
The Unexpended Balance Re-
turned and Covered Into
the Treasury.
Secretary Whitney Too Ill to
Attend to His Official
Duties.
Clash Of Civil and Military
Clash Of Civil and Military
Authority---Washing-
ton Notes.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The secretary
OF state is in receipt of note from the
Chinese minister here, returning, by die
rection OF his government, portion Of
the Rock Springs indemnity,
lately appropriated by congress,
which represents the amount of six
claims, which. in the final distribution
of the appropriation. have been ascer+
tanned to be Implications. Mr.. Bayard
has appropriately acknowledged this
honorable action of the Chinese govern
ment, and the amount so refunded viii
be covered into the treasury.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-30
A Verdict at Last.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 29.-The jury in
the case of John Robinson. charged with
the murder of John Hopkins in july last
at McKee's Rocks, near this city. rem
dered verdict this morning of murder
in the second degree. The jury had
been out since Tuesday last.